french revolution

A dramatization of Marie Antoinette's journey to the top of the French monarchy, following her childhood in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to her final days in a French prison.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is full of rich plot twists, following the fate of the tragic Dr. Alexandre Manette, falsely imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years, and his beautiful daughter Lucie... of her star-crossed marriage to the mysterious French aristocrat, Charles Darnay, and of the ultimate sacrifice made by the doomed, heroic lawyer, Sydney Carlton.

In a specially adapted version, the story of Lucy Manette and her father trying to escape the danger of the mob during the French revolution , is made available to young readers with simple text and several illustrations. This story chronicles the French Revolution, the political turmoil and personal strife during France's darkest hour.

A feature-length look at the Revolution that transformed Europe. An extraordinary blend of archival material, incisive scholarship and detailed re-enactments. Get the real story behind legendary figures like Marie-Antoinette. As their government helped England's rebellious Colonies win their freedom, its citizens looked to the same struggle for inspiration. Driven by idealism, catalyzed by a society in crisis, and defined by carnage, the French Revolution erupted a little more than a decade later.This authoritative survey masterfully brings the world of 18th century France to life. The French Revolution shook the very foundations of monarchy, destroyed the last vestiges of feudalism, and planted the seeds of modern politics, diplomacy, and nationalism. Travel back to the days of the guillotine to meet the figures who made history, including Marie-Antoinette, Louis XVI, Maximilien Robespierre, Jean-Paul Marat, Georges Danton, and Charlotte Corday.

In 1793 when French Queen Marie-Antoinette was beheaded at the guillotine during the Revolution (King Louis XVI died before her), her eight-year old son, Louis-Charles, was imprisoned in the Temple Tower, along with his older sister, Marie-Therese. Both children were imprisoned for two years and while Marie- Therese survived, Louis-Charles, the boy king, did not. Once his parents were dead, no one saw him but those of the revolution who brought his food. This secrecy gave rise to rumors that he had somehow escaped. His death at the age of ten prompted an autopsy. One of the attending doctors removed his heart and secreted it from the prison in his pocket. For two hundred years this heart had many remarkable journeys. As imposters, who claimed they were the boy-king, came and went, the heart survived into the twenty-first century when DNA testing would at last reveal to the world who the real Louis-Charles was.